Update: The post has been deleted. Apparently someone thought it would be funny to post a false review on ratemyprofessor.com and gave me all ones. He/she wrote that I was a “hard ass” and “I suck.” Very funny. Guess some moron always has to come along and ruin all the fun.
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Watching my Ego Grow
Posted: November 3, 2007 in education, History, pride, results, reviews, teachingTags: ego, good, pride, results, review, teacher, teachings
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Some Big Things Coming Up…
Posted: August 19, 2007 in American History, attitude, blogging, breaking plateaus, challenge, change, college, competition, contest, diet, education, Exercise, experiment, fat, fat blogging, fat loss, goal, goals, History, life, Me, muscle, my life, News, teaching, total transformation, weight, Weight Fat Loss, weight lifting, Weight lossWell there are several big things coming up over the next couple of weeks.
First, I am taking the Men’s Health fitness challenge. I encourage you guys to try it out too. The test has five simple components: one mile run, vertical jump, chin-up, and push-up, and one-legged squat. How many of each can you do? Click here for more details.
I will post my results tomorrow after I take the test sometime in the afternoon. Check back for my results.
An Amazing Advertisement…
Posted: June 25, 2007 in africans, America, American History, American South, General Study, History, Me, misc, my life, North Carolina, North Carolina History, prejudice, racism, slave, slave patrols, Slave Trade, slavery, South, Southern History, Southerners, teaching, The SouthEven as a boring researcher who spends days on end in dusty old archives, every now and again something shocks you. I came across this ad not long into my research regarding runaway slaves in Eastern North Carolina. [The full size image can be found below the page break].
Why is an old advertisement so shocking and interesting? The above advertisement’s five simple (although surprisingly verbose) paragraphs are short hand for a much larger and even more interesting tale. Their story includes enslavement, betrayal, yearning for freedom, fatherhood, rebellion, courage, anger, and half a dozen other compelling emotional angles that should perk the ears and tug at the heart.
Beyond that, the characters are laid out in a detailed manner (considering the space allowed for an advertisement), but in such a way that you are left desiring to know more about them.
I am Opening a New Blog…
Posted: June 22, 2007 in 13th amendment, africa, africans, America, American History, American South, General Study, graduate school, History, hobbies, Me, North Carolina, North Carolina Courts, North Carolina History, Politics, prejudice, scholarly work, slave, slave patrols, Slave Trade, slavery, South, Southern History, Southerners, teaching, The South, wisdomI needed an outlet for my historical blogging needs so I opened a new blog here at WordPress at
http://thehistorydump.wordpress.com
I didn’t want to bore all those who check my blog for weight loss advice with long discussions of slavery and slave patrols. So if you are interested swing on by and leave a few comments.
Here is a copy of the inaugural post on my new blog…
Trying To Finish A New Article…
Posted: June 12, 2007 in History, hobbies, Me, militia, misc, North Carolina, North Carolina History, personal, prejudice, publication, race, racism, slave, slave patrols, Slave Trade, slavery, South, Southern History, Southerners, teaching, The Law, The South, wisdomWell, it is a rewrite of a section of my thesis. I tweaked it a bit (well a lot) to fit into a scholarly journal- I am thinking the North Carolina Historical Review (NCHR). I will be posting a rough draft in the coming week or so.
So all of you who like that kind of stuff set aside some time in your schedule to give it a read. 🙂
What is Slavery?
Posted: June 9, 2007 in 13th amendment, africa, africans, America, American History, chattel, definition, dogs, faith, History, hobbies, law, life, Me, militia, misc, Modern Slavery, moral dilemna, morals, North Carolina, North Carolina History, prejudice, property, question, race, racism, Religion, reperations, rights, scholarly work, shame, sin, slave, slave patrols, Slave Trade, slavery, South, Southern History, Southerners, teaching, The Law, The South, wickedness, wisdomI am presenting for your enjoyment a PowerPoint presentation on slavery I created last year for a course on teaching at the college level. Some of its contents might surprise you. Let me know what you think.
Most of all I want to know if you learned anything knew? Did it challenge anything you thought you knew? What do you think it was missing? Or anything else that might be on your mind.
Just click the below link/file.
My Busy Day…
Posted: May 17, 2007 in Blogs, books, faith, firearms, General Study, History, hobbies, life, long range plans, Me, militia, misc, moral dilemna, morals, my life, News, North Carolina, North Carolina History, personal, plans, Politics, prejudice, publication, question, Religion, setting goals, sin, slave, slave patrols, slavery, Spiritual Struggle, teaching, thinking blogger, workToday I will be working on some unfinished work. I am polishing up a short article for submission to the New Bern Historical Journal about the events as Street’s Bridge in 1821. For anyone interested, a larger discussion of the events at Street’s Bridge can be found in the first chapter of my thesis.
Beyond that I need to begin work on a new article I hope to submit to the North Carolina Historical Review. My new article will discuss the condition of the North Carolina Militia between the war of 1812 and the Mexican-American war of 1846.
Beyond the above topics I am looking into possible papers on
- “Amazing Grace:” A Look into the Religious Outlook of Southern Slaves. Reading through slave narratives, the amount of faith in Christ (and their own personal redemption from slavery) is amazing considering their unique circumstances. (I’ll post an example later)
- North Carolina Slave Patrols on the Eve of the Civil War. Very few have researched North Carolina’s slave patrol system. With the exception of Sally Hadden’s work (not to mention my own thesis; and that of another grad student) the study of North Carolina’s slave patrol has been largely neglected.
- Wards of the State: The Orphans of War. The story of how the children of one officer who served in the war of 1812 received significant compensation directly from the state- including financing an education at West Point (books, uniforms, etc.).
